Dutch national Joran van der Sloot admitted killing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in 2005 in an interview with his attorney, part of the plea deal he reached with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to charges that he extorted money from Holloway’s mother. Beth Holloway told reporters after the hearing that van der Sloot admitted killing …
Lori Vallow Daybell’s new public defender filed an amended notice of appeal on Wednesday, listing 16 questions he wants answered. The questions are identical to the ones filed by Vallow Daybell’s former attorney on August 31, but that notice was suspended a week later when the case was reassigned by the Office of the State …
Authorities are interviewing female inmates who have performed sex work to investigate whether accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is involved in other unsolved murders, The New York Times reports. Police have interviewed approximately 120 women in jails on Long Island and have forwarded information gleaned from interviews with 10 inmates who allege they …
Police say there is “substantial evidence” linking accused Long Island Serial killer Rex Heuermann to another victim found deceased at New York’s Gilgo Beach. According to a bail application submitted by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, 59-year-old Heuermann is the prime suspect in the death Maureen Brainard-Barnes, a Connecticut woman who vanished in 2007, …
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who had her boyfriend murder her abusive mother in 2015, will be released from a Missouri prison this year after being granted parole. KOZL reported that Blanchard, 32, will be released from prison on December 28 after serving 85 percent of a 10-year sentence. Blanchard, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, admitted …
The prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway allegedly said that he and his father “took care of things” in a newly discovered email sent shortly after the Alabama teen went missing, The Messenger reports. According to the news outlet, Joran van der Sloot sent an email to a person named “David G” two …
The father of one of Bryan Kohberger’s alleged victims says the accused killer may be receiving special privileges in jail that other inmates are not provided, Fox News reports. Kohberger, 28, is facing four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. The four …
The estranged with of the accused Long Island serial killer wants guns back, seized by investigators in connection with the Gilgo Beach murders. According to News 12, Asa Ellerup has no source of income after her husband, Rex Heuermann, was arrested for three of the Gilgo Beach murders, her attorney, Robert Macedonio, said. During a …
Presumed girlfriend killer Brian Laundrie sent a text to a friend following Gabby Petito’s death, without making any reference to her, according to text messages obtained by The Messenger News. Laundrie reportedly sent a message to a friend on September 4, the day he returned to Florida alone after taking a cross-country trip with Gabby …
The University of Idaho is putting on hold once again plans to demolish the off-campus home where four students were murdered last year, KHQ-TV reports. Officials this week decided to wait to tear down the King Road residence until Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial has concluded. The trial had been scheduled for October 2, but Kohberger …
Suffolk County prosecutors are expected to hand over more than 280 firearms seized from accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann’s Massapequa Park home, while New York police investigate the death of another potential victim. According to Newsday, Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Opisso filed a motion with the State Supreme Court Thursday, indicating that Heuermann …
Cats of belonging Rex Heuermann’s family were reportedly taken to a kill shelter, following investigators’ weeks-long search of the suspect’s New York home. Heuermann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, and her two adult children, Christopher and Victoria, were banned from their home for weeks while investigators searched the Massapequa Park residence in July and Agusut, in an …
